Cutter for butter, &amp;c.



Patented Aug. 7, I900. F. HARDABT & J. ANDERSON.

CUTTER FOR BUTTER, &C.

(Application filed Mar. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

I a Hoznzgo :NITED' STATES FRANK HARDART AND JOHN ANDERsoN, or

PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA, I l

CUTTER FOR BUTTER, at.

srEcIFrc rIo'N forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,486 dated. August7, 1905. Application filed March 16, 1900. Serial No. 8,894. (Noinoclel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK HARDART and JOHN ANDERSON, citizens of theUnited States,

residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, have 'invented a new and useful Improvementin Outters forButter, &c., which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of'an improvement in a cutter for butter or anyother suitable material, the same being adapted to feed the materialuniformly and evenly, the means employed being herein set forth.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cutter embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a portion of thecutter. Fig. 3 represents asectional view on line a; as, Fig. 1, on anenlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cutter having a clampingdeviceB for securing the said cutter to a suitable support, saidclamping device carrying the bed 0, the latter having the frame D at oneend, to which are secured the dividing wires, cords, or bars E.

F designates a shaft which is mounted on the journals G and H, suitablysupported'and carrying on one end thereof the crank-arm J, provided withthe cutter K, the same consisting of a taut wire extending between theends of said crank-arm. The other end of said shaft carries the head orwheel L, which has the cam M, the latter being adjusted by a screw N.The cam M consists of a flexible plate secured to the wheel L at oneend, its other end being free and engaged by said screw N.

P designates a traveler consisting of a rod guided in the ways Q and B.and having on one end thereof the plate or follower S.

T designates a plate or disk loosely mounted on said traveler P betweenthe stops Q and R and is normally held in position by a spring U, saidplate T being guided bya pin V and said traveler P being further guidedand locked, if desired, by'aset-screwNV, one end 56 I of which isadapted to enter a grooveZ in the said traveler P. l

The operation is as follows: The material to be cut is placed againstthe plate S on the bed 0 and the crank-arm J is operated, cans? ing therotation of the shaft F and the head or wheel L, which latter in turningcauses" the cam M to strike. the plate or disk T, as indicated in Fig.2, forcing an edge of the opening thereof against the traveler P, caus-6o ing the same to bite and moving said traveler a certain distance andforcing the material to be out against the wires E, so that apredetermined portion of said material is placed in the path of thecutter K, which now operates to sever the parts, which can be directedinto a proper receptacle. As soon as the cam passes the plate T thelatter will be forced back into the position seen in Fig. 1 by thespring U and the parts will be ready for the next operation, it beingseen that by this means the traveler P is caused to move forward acertain distance by each revolution of the wheel L, and that saidtraveler can be quickly moved back, since said disk does not engage thesame until operated. It will be seen that the cam M can be adjusted bythe screw N, so as to give the traveler P a de= sired throw. Mounted inan eye or car 13' on the way R is the rod or skewer A, the same having ahead A and passing through the plate S, it being adapted to pierce thematerial to be out. In operation the rod A is drawn back by the head Awhich stands normally in the position shown in Fig. 3, said head beingturned outwardly when it is desired to withdraw the rod or skewer A.After the material is placed on the bed 0 the skewer is pushed forwardlyby the head A the skewer sliding through the eye B and passo ing againthrough the opening in the plate S to pierce the material, and thusfirmly holding the same, so that it will not turn, while permitting themovement of the material to; ward the knives or cutting members. The 5skewer remains stationary while the plate S moves forward.

It will of course be evident that if desired the wheel L may be providedwith additional cams and various changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing 'from'the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cutter, a bed, a cutting device, a follower provided with arearwardly-extending rod rigid therewith, a vibratory clutch-plate forsaid rod, stops between which said clutchplate is confined, wherebyit isprevented from moving beyond the stops with the follower and rod, saidclutch plate being normally disengaged from said rod, and means forsimultaneously operating said cutting device for vibrating saidclutch-plate between its stops to 'cau'se the clutch-plate toalternately engage s'aid'rod and advance the same.

2. In a cutter, a bed, a cutting device, a rod provided with afollowermounted upon said bedg-a clutch-plate for said rod, a spring forholding said clutche'plate normally disengaged froin*-said'rod,and meansfor simultaneously operating said cutting device and for moving saidclutch-plate against theaction of said spring into engagement with saidrod and for advancing the same.

3. In a cutter, a bed, a cutting device, a rod provided with a followermounted upon said bed, a movable clutch-plate, a spring for holding saidclutch-plate normally out of engagement with said rod, a cam adapted toengage saidc'lutch-plate and move the same against the action of saidspring and into engagement with said rod and for advancing the same, andmeans for simultaneously operating said cutting device and said cam.

4. In a cutter, a bed, a cutting device, a follower mounted upon saidbed, means for operating said cutting device and follower, said followerbeing provided with an aperture and a longitudinallymovable skewermounted upon the frame of the machine and extending through saidaperture, said skewer being adapted-to'be withdrawn and insertedlongitudinally. I FRANK HARD'ART.

JOHN ANDERSON. Witnesses: v

E. HAYWARD FAlRBANKS, O. D. MCVAY.

